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Birthday March 30, 1912

• The temperature on March 30, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
  • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
  • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
  • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Ekrem Akurgal, Turkish archaeologist and academic († 2002)
• 1912 » Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture († 2004)
• 1912 » Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer († 1994)
• 1913 » Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter († 2007)
• 1913 » Marc Davis, American animator († 2000)
• 1913 » Richard Helms, American soldier and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence († 2002)